The US's top diplomat has said he will know "in a matter of weeks, not months" whether Vladimir Putin is serious about peace and a ceasefire in Ukraine.Speaking after a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that recent Russian strikes have killed a total of 21 people, including children, in Kryvyi Rih and Kharkiv. The strikes involved Shahed drones and targeted energy facilities.

US President Donald Trump said he talked to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that the latter was ready to make a deal. During his gaggle on Air Force 1 on Thursday (local time), Trump said that the head of Russia`s sovereign wealth fund Kirill Dmitriev was in the US,

We must increase the pressure on Putin to bring him to the negotiating table,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said ahead of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. Strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid over the past three weeks clearly show that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has no desire to achieve a ceasefire.

The White House has admitted that the Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, promised by US President Donald Trump, will not take place. Instead, frustration over the negotiation process is growing within his administration,

White House officials have advised U.S. President Donald Trump not to speak with Russia’s Vladimir Putin until the Kremlin commits to a broad ceasefire in Ukraine, NBC News reported Friday, citing two administration sources familiar with the matter.